Yahoo Names New CEO; Board Shakeup at RIM?

Yahoo named Scott Thompson, president of PayPal, as its new CEO, Kara Swisher reports at All Things Digital. Thompson, whose name wasn’t among those reportedly being considered, has been running eBay’s online payments business since 2008.

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Meanwhile, Research in Motion is preparing to ditch its co-CEOs as co-chairmen of the board, the Canadian newspaper Financial Post reports. RIM’s stock price rose Tuesday in Toronto and New York on reports that Barbara Stymiest, an independent director who joined RIM’s board in 2007, will take the helm, ousting co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.